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MACHINE FOR COILING WIRE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR TO JACOB STETTHEIMER,

OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

MACHINE FOR COILING WIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,678. dated December 2'7, 1887.

Application filed May .23, 1887. Serial No. 239,076.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK M. LEAVITT, of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Coiling Wire, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to produce a machine for forming coiled wire for spiral springs and other purposes.

The invention consists in the combination of a series of feed-rollers with an anvil or former for turning an advancing wire in the are of a circle to form the coils, and with novel means for moving the anvil or former toward 1 or from the feedrollers to form different diameters in the coils.

The invention also consists in other details of construction and combinations of parts, that will be more fully hereinafter set forth andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on line It is, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical crosssection taken on line 0 c, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow 2. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section 0 taken on the plane of the line 2 2, Fig 3. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views hereinafter more fully referred to. Fig. 8 is a sectional side elevation of part of the machine, taken on the line k k, Fig. 9; and Fig. 9 is an enlarged 5 horizontal sectional view of part of the machine, taken on the line 0 c, Fig. 8.

A in the drawings represents the frame of my improved machine, made of metal or other appropriate material. In this frame A are to the bearings of a shaft, 6, to which rotary motion is imparted by a belt, a, or otherwise. This shaft, by bevel-wheels d b, or by other suitable means, turns two rollers, B and D, that are journaled in the frame A. There are two 15 rollers, B B, close to one another, and also two rollers, D D, close to one another. That one of the rollers B which is turned by the shaft e serves to turn the other roller B by gear-eon neetion f. In like manner the rollers D D are (No model.)

geared together to move in unison, but in op posite directions. The rollers B B and D D may be grooved circumferentially, as at g, for receiving the wire h from the reel.

E is a shaft journaled in suitable bearings in the frame A. It carries the loose pulleys F F, which are revolved in opposite directions by means of belts F or other mechanism. The shaft E carries a sliding clutch, i, which revolves with said shaft, preferably by means of a feather on the shaft passing into a groove in said clutch i. The clutch i has toothed ends, which are adapted to engage with corresponding teeth on the pulleys F F. The clutch i may be moved along the shaft E by means of a crank-arm, j, which projects from a rockshaft, G. The arm j carries a pin,

Z, which projects into a groove, m, in the clutch 1'. By causing the clutch t to engage the pulleys F F alternately the motion of the shaft E will be reversed, for the purposes hcrei nafter stated.

The shaft E carries a pinion, a, which gears with a spur-wheel, 0, on a shaft, H, suitably journaled in hearings in the frame A. The shaft H also carries a cam, p. (Best seen in Fig. 1.)

J is a lever,whicl1 at q is pivoted to the frame A. One end of the lever J bears against the cam p, and is held against said cam by means of a spring, 1*. The opposite end of lever J is pivoted to one end of a rod, L. The other end of said rod L is attached to alug, s, projecting from a sliding rod, t, carried in suitable bearings in the frame A. The rod L may belengthened and shortened by means of a threaded sleeve, u, or by other suitable means. To one end of the rod 13 is pivoted at v the shank w of a former or anvil, M. The shank w passes back of the rollers B and D. The former M is at the left of the feed-rollers B B and is adapt- 9c ed to bear against the wire it as it issues from between the rollers B B. As the cam p re volves it moves the former M longitudinally by means of lever J and rod L, as will bemore fully hereinafter stated.

The former M may carry a projection, m, adapted to abut against aset-screw, a or other stop to limit the travel in one direction of said former; but these stops may be dispensed with, if desired. The shank w of the former M also passes through a sleeve, a which is pivoted to a sliding rod, N, suitably carried in frame A. The rods L and N are at substantially right angles. The rod N receives motion in the direction of its length toward the front of the machine from a cam, 0. carried by a shaft, P, suitably journaled at the back of the frame A. The rod N is pressed toward the cam O by means of a powerful Spring, b, secured to the frame A and bearing against the front end of rod N. This reciprocating movement of the rod N imparts lateral movement to the former Mby means of sleeve a and shank w. The inner edge,f ,ofthe former M rides along a longitudinally-adjustable guide-block, g", on the frame A, which provents the former M and rod N from being pressed inward by the spring I) until the p roper moment, as will be hereinafter stated.

The rod N carries a knife, (1 which is arranged to pass across the face of a block, 6 between the rollers 13 B and D D, through which block a the wire it passes, the knife serving to cut off the wire at the proper moment. A red, 7L2, has one end pivoted to the rod N. Its other end carries a pin, i which projects into an arched slot or groove of a plate, Z which is centrally attached to the end of the rock-shaft G. The red It is vibrated on its pivot by means of a cam, m", on shaft 1?- and connecting-rods n" a Fig. 2. This vibratory movement of red It moves the pin 2' from one end of groove in plate Z to the other end, for the purpose hereinafter shown.'

Q is a rod sliding in suitable hearings in the "frame A, preferably parallel to rod N, and adapted to be pressed toward the front of the machine by means of a cam, 12", carried by the shaft P. At the end of rod Q opposite the cam 19 is pivoted. a short rod, q", adapted to press against the edgef of the former M.

The rod Q2 is preferably apertured in its free end and receives the shank of a cap-piece, r.

A spiral spring, s within the aperturein rod q" presses the cap 1' outward. The rod Q is moved toward the cam 19 preferably by means of a spring, 10 attached at one end to the rod Q and at its other end to a suitable part of frame A.

Intermittent rotary motion is imparted to the shaft P by means of a clutch, R, which engages a loose pulley, S, on said shaft 1. The clutch R is operated at the proper moment from the former M through the connectingrods 0 0 The clutch R is old and of well-known construction and needs no furtherexplanation; but any suitable clutch may be used.

T, Fig. 4, is a slotted guide-plate secured to the frame A and arranged to receive the wire 71, from the former M and rollers B B, as hereinafter described.

j j" are a series of wire guides and straighteners. A spring, t secured to the frame A the lever is secured to regulate the lengths of its respective arms. This is shown in Fig. 7. The belt passing over pulley S and the belts F and (6 may be driven by one shaft, so that said belts may start and stop sinmltaneously.

I will first describe the operation of my machine in forming wire into coils that are larger in diameter in the middle than toward both ends.

\Vhen the machine is ready to be started. the parts assume the following positions: The wire h is first passed from the rollersj to the rollers D'D, which pass it along through the block e and against the blade of the knife (Z which at this time has been carried into the inward position over the aperture in block a by the rod N. .A narrow part of the cam O at this time is opposite the inner end of the rod N, which permits this inward movement of said rod N. The former M is now in the inward position or that shown in Fig. 6-that is, entirely out ofline of the wire, being carried there by the inward movement of the rod N. The former M has also been moved toward the rollers B B by the longer portion of cam 19 having moved to the left, thereby pressing the upper part of the lever J toward the left and the lower part toward the right, thereby drawing the former M to the right also. The end of rod Q is at this time in contact with a wide part of cam 12 being held there by spring w and the rod q is pushed to the right by the former M, as seen in Fig. 6. TherodQis now in the outward position. The clutch Rhas been thrown by the rodso" into gear with pulley S, owing to the inward movement of the former M. The machine is uowstartcd by revolving the shafts P and e and the pnllcysF F simultaneously. The first movement produced by the rotation of the shaft 1 is to press a wide part of the cam 0 against the end of the rod N, forcing said rod outward, thereby moving the knife (i away from contact with the end of the wire h. The wire is immediately carried along to and between the rollers B B by the revolution of the rollers D D, caused by the revolution of the shaft e, until the end of the wire extends slightlyin front of the former M, as in Fig. 6. At about the same time the rod Q is drawn inward by the spring w, said revolution of the shaft 1? bringing a narrow part of the cam p opposite the end of the rod Q, thus permitting the inward movement of the rod Q. This inward movement of rod Q draws the cap-piece 9 out of the recess x in the former M. The rod q is now pushed toward the left by a spring, 1' which brings the cappieec r behind the edge f on the former M. (Best seen in Figs. 2 and 5.) As the shaft P still revolves, the cam p then immediately presses the rod Q out- IlO ward, which movement is simultaneous with and near the end of the just-described outward movement of the rod N. Both rods N and Q new force the former M outward until the edge f comes in line with the outer edge of the guide 9 By this time the outward movement of the former M has disengaged the clutch R from the pulley S by means of the rods 0 which brings the shaft]? to rest, said shaft having made only a halfrevolution. The rods N and Q have now stopped moving. By this outward motion of former M the wire it, projecting from rollers B B and against the former M, has been bent in the are of a circle and passes into the slot in guide T. \Vhen the rod N moves toward the front of the machine, as above stated,'it draws on the pivoted rod h (which has first been moved into the left'hand position, Fig. 2, by cam m" on the shaft 1? and connectingrodsnfl) which outward movement given by rod N to the rod It draws the plate l and arm j, and thereby the clutch i,into the position shown in Fig. 2, locking the rotating pulley F to the clutch 2', thereby revolving the shaftE and spur-wheel 0 on shaft H by means of pinion a. As the shaft H revolves it revolves the cam p, which revolution gradually presents the narrow part of said cam 12 to the lever J. This allows the upper end of the lever J to be drawn toward the right by the spring 1", thereby moving the lower end of lever J to the left and moving the former M, by means of rod L and slide 13, toward the left, by this means enlarging the distance between the point z of the former M and the rollers B B. This gradually enlarges the diameter of the spiral coil U, as the wire h has been passing into the machine and against the receding former all this time, be ing curled by contact with the former M and by its passage through the slot of the guide T, which slot is out of line with the level on which the wire moves in the rollers B B.

From the above it will be seen that as the former M moves outward to bend the end of the wire it the clutch z' is thrown in gear with the pulley F to revolve the cam 12, so that when the former has been moved to its fullest extent outward it will immediately move away from the rollers B B to gradually enlarge the diameter of the coil.

\Vhen the upper end of the lever J is 011 the narrow part of cam p, the former M will be at the greatest distance from the rollers B B, which gives the greatest diameter to the spiral U. As the cam p still revolves, the upper end of the lever J will be pressed gradually to the left by the wide part of the cam 19, thereby pushing on rod L and narrowing the distance between the former M and the rollers B B,

and consequently narrowing the diameter of the spiral U.

As the former M moves toward the 1eft,away from rod g cap-piece r" springs out behind the former into the recess w". (See Fig. 6.) By causing the cap-piece r to spring into the recess m away from the edge f, the former M on the return-stroke to the right will push the cap-piece r, and thereby the short rod g to the right. This keeps said rod g away from the edge f on the returnstroke of the former M.

When the former M has been moved to the right far enough to form the smallest diameter of the spiral desired, the edge f", under the influence of the strong spring I) and sleeveconnection a slips off the edge of the guideg", being permitted to do so by its first having moved the cap-piece r and rod q away from the edge J, as before described. A narrow part of the cam O is at this time opposite the inner end of the rod N, which permits the rod N to be moved inward by the strong spring 22 as the former M slips off the guide g". As the rod N moves inward, it carries the knife d with it, which knife, passing across the face of blocke, cuts the wire 72. off. This finishes one of the coils. As thisinward movement of rod N and former M takes place the clutch R is thrown in gear with pulley S by means of the rods 0 ready to revolve the shaft P to press the rods N and Q, outward again, as first described.

Each time a spiral, U, is made and cut off the above described operation is gone through with.

Every alternate time the rod N is moved inward the cam m moves the red h from one end of slot 7' to the other by means of the links a and as rod N next moves outward the rod h draws upon one end of plate Z", giving the shaft G a slight turn, which throws the clutch tinto contact with the opposite pulley, F or F to reverse the motion of shaft E, and thereby of cam p. lhis reverse movement of cam 12 gives the same outward and inward movement to lever J, and thereby to the former M, as that first described. By oscillating the cam 12, I make each coil U first narrow, then wide, and then again narrow, or first wide, then narrow, and then wide again, according as the cam is mounted upon its shaft. Where a straight coil is to be made, the cam 19 may be quite round and may revolve continuously, or may be entirely dispensed with, as the former would in that case require no motion to the right and left. In other words, the motion of the former to the right and left controls the diameter of the coil produced, while the motion of the former M, at right angles to. the feed of the wire, serves to start each coil, to set the shaft P into action, and to allow the rod N to cut the wire. The guide T may be slanted more or less to determine the distance desired between the convolutions of the coil U.

To vary the diameter of different coils the clamp W may be moved up or down along the lever J, which lengthens or shortens the 1ongitudinal movement allowed to the former M. The rod L may also be shortened or lengthened to correspond by means of the sleeve to. The guide 9 may be adjusted longitudinally to determine the time at which the former M shall slip off it to vary the diameter of different coils at the ends.

\Vhen it is desired to make a coil having a taper toward one end only, the former M will be started, preferably, from the outward position, which makes the largest diameter to the coil, and caused to move toward the rollers 13 B, and when the edgef slips off the guideg the knife d will cut the wire h, as before described. By making the cam 19 with a suitable hollow part the upper end of the lever J will move quickly toward the right after each spiral is finished, thereby drawing the former M away from rollers B B to the farthest position. If itis desired to form a series of coils in succession on one wire, it is only necessary to remo "e the knife (2 to prevent the cutting of the wire.

\Vhen a coil is desired of a uniform diameter throughout, the former M will be adjusted away from rollers B B to the desired distance and the belts on pulleys F, F and S thrown off, or the rod if be disengaged from rod N, when the former M will have no movement, but be retained in the desired position, while the wire it keeps passing from the rollers 13 B and D D.

A very operative machine is obtained if a stationary or adjustable former, M, is used in connection with suitable feed'rollers and means for slanting the wire. The more the slot of the guide T is carried away from the plane of the feed of the wire the farther will lhe convolutions of the coil be from one another.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is 1. The rollersBB, for passingthe wire along, in combination with a longitudinallvmovable former, M, pivoted at one end to a slide, t, and adapted to turn the wire in the arc of a circle, and with means, substantially as described, for turning said former on its pivot and moving it laterally in and out of the path of the wire, as specified.

2. Therollers B B, combined with the former M, and means, substantially as described, for moving said former M longitudinally to increase and diminish the diameter of the coil and laterally into the path of a passing wire to turn the same in the arc of a circle and again laterally out of the path of the wire, as and for the purpose specified.

3. The rollers B B, adapted to pass the wire toa former, M, in combination with said former and with a knife, (1 c and with means for moving the knife (Z at right angles to the wire to cut the same, the knife (1 being arranged to move in unison with the former, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. The former M, adapted to turn aside a wire, h, from suitable rollers, in combination with the rod L, connected with the former M, and lover J, connected with red L, and with means for oscillating said lever J, and thereby moving said former M toward and from the feed-rollers, substantially as described.

5. The pivoted former M and means for reciprocating it longitudinally, in combination with the rod N, spring b and cam O, for moving said former laterally, substantially as described.

6. The rollers B B and pivoted former M, in combination with the rod N, adapted to move said former laterally, and with the knife d", carried by the rod N, and stationary block 6 for cutting the wire, the knife d being arranged to move in unison with the former M, substantially as described.

7. The former M, rod N, and sleeve a connecting the rod N pivotally with the former M, in combination with said rod and with a rod, Q and cam 19 the rods N and Q acting to press the former outward to turn a passing wire in the are of a circle, substantially as described.

8. The lever J, the pivoted former M, and means for connecting them, the cam 19, and means for rotating said cam, whereby the former is reciprocated longitudinally, in combination with the rod N, spring I)", and cam O, for moving the former laterally, substantially' as set forth.

9. The former M, lever J, and means connecting the former with the lever J, cam 12, shaft H, and spur-wheel 0, in combination with shaft E, having pinion a, loose pulleys F and F driven in opposite directions, and clutch 2', adapted to revolve with said shaft E, and to be thrown in gear alternately with pulley F or F to reverse the motion of cam y, substantially as described.

10. The former M, lever J, connected with the former, cam p, and means connecting the cam 19 with a shaft, E, shaft E, clutch z, and loose pulleys F and F on shaft E, in combina tion with arm j, shaft G, and with means for rocking the shaft G to move the clutch ion the shaft E, substantially as described.

11. The combination of the former M, cam 19, and means connecting the former with the cam, shaft E, and means connecting the shaft with the cam, clutch 2', and. means for revolving the clutch in opposite directions, shaft G, having army and centrally-connected slotted plate 1*, rod h", in movable connection with plate Z and rod N, for moving the rod 7L2 longitudinally and thereby rocking said shaft G, substantially as described.

12. The former M, lever J, connected with the former, cam 19, shaft E, and means connecting the shaft with the cam, clutch 2', and means for rotating said clutch, shaft G, connected with the clutch, slotted plate 1, and rod it, connected at one end to rod N and at its other end to the slotted plate Z for rock ing the shaft G, in combination with the rod N, cam m", shaft P, and connecting-rods n for moving rod h laterally, substantially as described.

13. The rod N, for moving the former M,

and the rod Q, carrying pivoted rod (1 to assist 1n pressing the former M outward, in

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combination with said former and with shaft P, cams O and 11 for moving rods N and Q, clutch R, fods connecting the former with the clutch R, and pulley S, substantially as 5 described.

14. The former M, connected to rod N and arranged to be moved laterally by said rod, l in combination with said rod N and with] clutch R, rods connecting the clutch with the former, pulley S, shaft P, and cam O, substan- IO tially as described.

FRANK M. LEAVITT.

Witnesses:

J. STETTHEIMER, J r., HARRY M. TURK. 

